Retreat and create
Lake Cowichan · Vancouver Island · March 2026
Step away from the noise and rediscover your creative rhythm in the temperate rainforest of Vancouver Island. Our week-long residencies combine studio practice, digital media workshops, and restorative immersion in nature—space to learn, make, and breathe again.
Make it stand out.
In an age when everything accelerates, slow down to listen—to nature, to intelligence, to your own creative pulse. This retreat invites you into an intimate studio community led by Dr. Brad Necyk, where art, technology, and renewal meet.
AI Filmmaking Intensive
Dates: March 1 – 7 · 2026 | Limited to 5 participants
Write, art-direct, compose, and edit your own short film using intelligent media tools that are reshaping cinema itself.
Across seven days, you’ll learn how to build narrative and visual systems using ChatGPT, Midjourney, RunwayML, Sora, Suno, and Eleven Labs—developing your own cinematic voice at the edge of human and machine creativity.
Guided by Dr. Brad Necyk, co-creator (with futurist Jason Silva) of the viral hit Psychedelic Puppet Show, this workshop blends hands-on production with daily critique, creative mentoring, and reflection in nature.
No experience required.
Open to beginners, established filmmakers, and media artists retraining for the intelligent age.
AI VibeCoding: Generative Art and Digital Flow
Dates: March 8 – 14 · 2026 | Limited to 5 participants
Discover how to merge code, sound, and image into living digital systems.
This week-long intensive introduces p5.js for creative coding, paired with leading AI tools—Midjourney, Suno, Eleven Labs, Sora, and RunwayML—to design visual worlds that move, listen, and respond.
Each participant will craft an interactive or time-based artwork exploring rhythm, mood, and atmosphere—what we call vibe coding.
Designed for curious beginners and experienced artists alike, this residency balances technical learning with deep creative exploration in one of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth.
